WOW!!!! I have done so much since I last wrote on my blog! The day after the glacier hike, 4 of us got picked up from the hostel early and went to another glacier just down the road called fox glacier. There lauren, 2 instructors and I got into a very small plane and made our way up. We flew right past Mount Cook and Mount Tasman, which are the first and second highest mountains in New Zealand, they looked so beautiful, snow topped against the bright blue sky, We then flew over fox glacier which looked amazing this vast white area among the mountains. As we reached 12000 feet the pilot turned the plane around and I could see the sea (West coast of New Zealand. My instructor CJ then opened the door, asked me
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